The Software Engineer's Guidebook
A practical book on growing from early career to senior, tech lead and staff engineer: owning your career, performance reviews and promotions, getting things done, collaboration, architecture, shipping to production and understanding the business. Written by the author of The Pragmatic Engineer newsletter, with the same focus on how tech companies really operate. Available in print, as an ebook and as an audiobook.
Book
Career Growth
Gergely Orosz
3 to 4 weeks
Intermediate
About $30 to $40 depending on format
A practical book on growing from early career to senior, tech lead and staff engineer: owning your career, performance reviews and promotions, getting things done, collaboration, architecture, shipping to production and understanding the business. Written by the author of The Pragmatic Engineer newsletter, with the same focus on how tech companies really operate. Available in print, as an ebook and as an audiobook.
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